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Introduction |
| ***GUIDE AUTHORS NOTE: DISREGARD THE "DIFFICULTY" RATING; IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS GUIDE BUT I CANNOT GET RID OF IT. I AM LEAVING AT THE DEFAULT SETTING.*** | | | ***PLEASE READ: this guide is not meant to cover all possibilities for photo lighting; mainly surplus studio grade panels like Genaray lights or new SmallRig panels. In addition do not bother with the many, many "low-cost" panel LEDs from Amazon which are not worth buying (unless they come with good tripods and the lights can be discarded). The reason for this is these low-cost LED array panels are only good when you spend ~$50-60/panel for a proper set from a quality brand. The reason for the choice of light is this guide is based around a tradeoff: While many, many "low cost" studio style lights are too dim to be effective or you need 4 which comes out to the price of 2-3 big panels, a good pair of LEDs will also not be perfect but will be much better overall.*** | | | ***This method coexists as a happy medium: it is not expensive yet will be decently good compared to cheap LED panels (when high-CRI bulbs are used), but not quite up there with professional lighting either (which is fine for most people). DO NOT EXPECT professional results from a pair of proper LED bulbs like you get out of a purpose built panel from SmallRig.*** | | | ***The use of high-CRI LED bulbs is a tradeoff in itself: it is generally not as good as a professional panel setup but for the price you will generally get better overall results as a whole.*** |
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